Improvement in end-gates for wagons



W. H. PARK'IN. End-Gate for Wagons.

N0. 206,966. Patented Aug. 13,1876.

ATTORNEYS.-

ILFETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGYON D C.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

WILLIAM H. PARKIN, OF GOOD HOPE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN END-GATES FOR WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,966, dated August12%, 1878; application filed April 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENERY PAR- KIN, of Good Hope, in the countyof McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Wagon-Body End-Gates, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a top view of the end part of a wagon-body to which myimprovement has been attached, the gate being shown in verticalposition. Fig. 2 is a side perspective view of the same, the gate beingshown in an inclined position. .Fig. 3 is a detail flongitudinal sectionof the same, taken through the line x 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a detailview of one of the pivoted segments. Fig. 5 is a detail view of theinner side of the end part of one of the side boards. Fig. 6 is asection through line a: w of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved endgate forwagon-bodies which shall be so constructed that it may be convenientlyadjusted into an inclined position to enable the contents ofthewagon-body to be conveniently removed with a scoop or shovel, andwhich, when in an erect position, will hold the side -boards togetherand prevent them from being pressed apart by the load.

A represents the bottom boards, and B the side-boards, of a wagon-body.To the inner side of the ends of the side-boards B are attached cleats bb, at such a distance from each other as to form a groove to receive anendboard in the ordinary way. 0 are two boards made in the form ofsegments of circles, with the lower parts of their rear straight edgesand the forward-parts of their forward straight edges beveled off, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. To the inner sides of the segment (3, alongtheir rear straight edges, are attached parallel cleats c, to formgrooves to receive the ends of the end-board D, which has cleats dattached to its rear side, near its ends, in the usual way. To the innersides of the segment 0, at its angle and between the cleats c, areattached plates providedwith outwardly-projecting spurs or pivots E,which pass through the lower part of the ends of the side boards B,

and pivot the said segments 3 at their angles to the said side-boards B,so that the segments 0 may be turned upon their pivots to bring theend-board D into an erect position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and intoan inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2.

The end-board D is secured in place between the segments 0 by the shanksof the cranks F, which pass through the said segments and through theupper parts of the cleats d of the said end-board D. With thisconstruction, when the segments O are adjusted to bring the end-board Dinto an erect position, the cranks F are swung down over the hooks G,attached to the upper part of the ends of the sideboard B, so as tofasten the end-gate in place. With this construction, also, the cranks Frest against the outer sides of the sideboard sand hold them pressedagainst the segments C, so that they cannot be spread apart by theoutward pressure of the load.

Upon the curved edges of the segments 0 and the beveled upper part ofthe forward straight edge of said segments are formedoutwardly-projecting flanges H, which project to a distance equal to thethickness of the cleats b of the side-boards B, so that the edges of thesaid flanges may rest against the inner surfaces of the said side-boardsB, and pre vent any grain or other substance forming the load fromworking in between the said boards B and the said segments 0. To theupper part of the side-boards B, at the inner side of the inner cleatsb, are attached hooks I, which, when the end-gate has been turned downinto an inclined position, enter the recess h in the straight part ofthe flange H, so as to prevent the side-boards from being pressedoutward by the pressure of the load.

With this construction the gate maybe conveniently detached, whenrequired, by removing the cranks F and drawing out the endboard D, whichallows the pivots E to be withdrawn from the side-boards B and thesegments 0 to be removed.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A wagon end gate provided with cranks F, combinedwith sides, tail-board, and seg= ments, as shown and described, so as toserve I grain, &e., from getting between the said segthe double purposeof preventing the former ments C and the side-boards B, snhstantmllyfrom spreading and holding the tail-board to as hereln shown anddesenbed.

the segments. WILLIAM HENERY PARKIN.

2. The flanges II, formed upon the curved Witnesses: edges and thebeveled part of the forward THOMAS EDMONSON,

straight edges of the segments 1, to prewnt 1 HORMF. BROWN.

